The Guichard surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 611 people carried this name — #36,585 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is up 11% from 552 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 10,136 people named Guichard.
191 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 99 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
224 people named Guichard live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 88 people named Guichard live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Entre Ríos.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 20 people named Guichard live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Guichard,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Philipp Guichard d. 1750 · judge
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Renée Guichard d. 1780
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Thomas Guichard d. 1526
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Mauricette Guichard d. 2024
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Claude Guichard d. 1637
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Barthelemi Guichard 1400–1443 · jurist
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Guichard.
- Guglielmini 111 · U.S. census
- Guglielmino 235 · U.S. census
- Guglielmo 2,078 · U.S. census
- Guhl 679 · U.S. census
- Gui 479 · U.S. census
- Guibert 163 · U.S. census
- Guichet 115 · U.S. census
- Guida 2,974 · U.S. census
- Guide 225 · U.S. census
- Guidetti 323 · U.S. census
- Guidi 1,384 · U.S. census
- Guidici 157 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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